Dark Child Awakens
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Dark Child Awakens is a collection of poetry reflecting the authors coming out later in life after surviving a troubled childhood and decades as a married man. The poems reflect his feelings at that time, his awakening, his struggle of seeking & being in gay relationships and the search for love in the gay world. Many of the poems recall the betrayal, anguish & pain of his childhood.
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Dark Child Awakens - Peter James Hickman
Dark Child Awakens
By Peter James Hickman
Published by
The Hickman Initiative
Edited by
Susan Hickman
Copyright © 2021 v4
Peter James Hickman
Paperback ISBN 9781777662905
eBook ISBN 9781777662912
@pjhvan
DEDICATION
To all my family, especially my sister Mary and my son Andrew: Your support, your unconditional love and your participation in my life have meant more to me than you will ever understand. It has kept me going--has even kept me alive--during my darkest times you knew nothing about.
To my late Uncle Dawson and Aunt Margaret, thank you for being my family. More recently, I think of you as the parents I lost long ago. I value your love and friendship above all else.
To my sister Susan and my daughter Sarah: I miss you.
To my friends near and far, young and old, new and long-time; I thank each of you for the influence you have had on my life. I remember all of you well and most of you fondly.
ABOUT ME
I am a son, a nephew, a brother, a father, and an uncle.
I am gay.
I wrote these poems as therapy to help me deal with the emotions I felt late in life about my childhood, a childhood filled with love, anxiety, pain and betrayal.
They were written to help me understand my powerful feelings, the harsh words of one-time friends and the anguish I suffered coming out in my late 40’s some 10 years after I realized I was gay.
I married young and had two children before I realized I was gay. How is that possible you ask? I ask it too, but it is so.
Mainly these poems and